Saturday, 25 December 2010

"Morning Breath is Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto. In 1996, the two worked together on skateboard designs at Think Skateboards in San Francisco. There, they discovered they had similar tastes and influences, many of which were associated with the late 70s and early 80s. These included everything from sniffing glue and punk rock to racking paint and hip hop.In 2002, Cunningham and Noto formalized their partnership with the creation of Morning Breath, a creative studio located in Brooklyn. Since Then, their collaborations have grown beyond skateboard graphics to include, music packaging, apparel, poster design and more. The two have also been part of many showings of their personal work.Today, Doug and Jason split their creative energies and time between commercial and personal work. In 2006, their first book was published: The Early Bird – The Art and Design of Morning Breath. They have also had much of their work published worlwide in many design magazines and books, Most recently -Dirty Fingernails (rockport publishers 2009)" ~Info

"Sarah Dennis is an illustrator living in London who completed her foundation course at Brighton and went on to complete a BA Hons in illustration in 2008 at the University of The West of England.

Sarah’s work invokes a feel of story tale innocence with a contemporary feel. The art work is inspired my nature, old books , friends and fancy dress. The artwork created from line drawings and is collarged together with an assortment of textures and contemporary techniques. As well as her illustrations Sarah has also made a name with her handcrafted felt characters.

Sarah has an extensive background of work, her illustrations have been highly commended by the Macmillan Children's Prize and has self published her own children book "Toby" which has been distributed in independent shops in the UK and Australia. She is currently working as a independent illustrator selling work taking, commissions and exhibiting." ~About Sarah Dennis

"The director of a Norwegian museum claimed yesterday to have discovered cartoons drawn by Adolf Hitler during the Second World War.William Hakvaag, the director of a war museum in northern Norway, said he found the drawings hidden in a painting signed "A. Hitler" that he bought at an auction in Germany.He found coloured cartoons of the characters Bashful and Doc from the 1937 Disney film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which were signed A.H., and an unsigned sketch of Pinocchio as he appeared in the 1940 Disney film.Hitler tried to make a living as an artist before his rise to power. While there was no independent confirmation yesterday that the drawings were the work of the Nazi leader, Hitler is known to have owned a copy of Snow White, the classic animated adaptation of a German fairy tale, and to have viewed it in his private cinema.Mr Hakvaag, who said he had performed tests on the paintings which suggested that they dated from 1940, said: "I am 100 per cent sure that these are drawings by Hitler. If one wanted to make a forgery, one would never hide it in the back of a picture, where it might never be discovered."The initials on the sketches, and the signature on the painting, matched other copies of Hitler's handwriting, he claimed."Hitler had a copy of Snow White," he said. "He thought this was one of the best movies ever made."Discoveries of Nazi-era memorabilia have repeatedly turned out to be mistaken or the result of a hoax. However, art attributed to Hitler continues to sell at auction, even if its provenance is far from complete.Nineteen watercolours and two sketches said to be by Hitler were sold in Britain two years ago for a total of £118,000.The auction firm Jefferys said the seller did everything possible to authenticate the works.The pictures of cottages and rural scenes were found in a farmhouse in Belgium and were believed to have been painted while Hitler was a young soldier in the country during the First World War." ~Telegraph

...AND what would have happened if Hitler succeeded as an artist?

"As a young boy he had shown natural talent for drawing. His gift for drawing had also been recognized by his high school instructors. But things had gone poorly for him in high school. He was a lazy and uncooperative student, who essentially flunked out. To escape the reality of that failure and avoid the dreaded reality of a workaday existence, Hitler put all his hope in the dream of achieving greatness as an artist.

He decided to attend the prestigious Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. In October 1907, at age eighteen, he withdrew his inheritance money from the bank and went to live and study in Vienna. Hitler's mother was by now suffering from breast cancer and had been unsuccessfully operated on in January. But Hitler's driving ambition to be a great artist overcame his reluctance to leave her.

He took the two day entrance exam for the academy's school of painting. Confident and self assured, he awaited the result, quite sure he would get in. But failure struck him like a bolt of lightning. His test drawings were judged unsatisfactory and he was not admitted. Hitler was badly shaken by this rejection. He went back to the academy to get an explanation and was told his drawings showed a lack of talent for artistic painting, notably a lack of appreciation of the human form. He was told, however, that he had some ability for the field of architecture.

But without the required high school diploma, going to the building school and after that, the academy's architectural school, seemed doubtful. Hitler resolved to take the painting school entrance exam again next year. Now, feeling quite depressed, Hitler left Vienna and returned home where his beloved mother was now dying from cancer, making matters even worse." ~The History Place

Self-portrait

Hmm... Hitler had a good sense of proportions and architectural design, but overall most of his artworks stink of mediocrity because they lack creativity... He was simply trying to COPY what he saw, NOT trying to capture HOW he saw his surroundings. (To put it simply, his works are extremely boring to look at. They're so generic, nothing really special about it. However I have to admit that he had the talent and the ability to draw. He wasn't a genius although he thought he was...) If he was under good guidance, I think he could have been a great artist.

"Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same. Until Monday, there should be no human faces on Facebook, but an invasion of memories. This is a campaign for children's rights. End violence against Children!"

My new facebook profile pic:ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 (GeGeGe no Kitaro)... I used to watch it on TV when I was a child. My mother always tells me that I was a weird child who used to be obsessed with this show.

"10 years from now the incredible self-abandonment of actors like Christian Bale in﻿ "The Machinist" will be completely devalued. The Machinists will take over for him.I am a technology enthusiast but this just unethical! No wonder many people are losing their fascination for movies. How can you expect to experience "suspension of disbelief" if you know that NOTHING is real anymore?"

"UGH. THe last thing we need is more distortion of reality﻿ giving the masses unrealistic expectations of themselves and consequently, depression!"

"this is cool. if only they could reshape fat﻿ bitches in real life and get rid of their cottage cheese. so nasty to see at the beach ... i hate fat bitches"

"This is technically amazing but socially really really awful. The Media has a huge impact on social norms. When western media was introduced to Fiji in the 90's eating disorders skyrocketed. I can see this being used to﻿ morph already nonstandard actors into ideals of complete perfection.. get ready for another increase in eating disorder, bullying, suicide, and depression."

"After studying publishing and computer graphics at Tongmyong University of Information Technology in South Korea, Ethan moved to the UK to undertake an MA in Communication at Kingston University. He is currently working on a range of web, motion graphics, print, font and installations projects, as well as working with Virgin Records UK as a freelancer designer. Ethan's real passion is typography, and his work is experimental, such as type made out of bead. He has been recognized in many international design competitions, including winning a merit award at the 84th New York Art directors club. He was also finalist in the 2005 International Output Students Competition and a finalist in the Moscow international Bienniale of Golden bee 6. From 'Handmade graphics by Rotovision 2009'" ~About Ethan Park at flickr

About Me

A Korean national born in Japan, raised in Tokyo for 12 years, and found home in New York for 8 years. Studied in UAL, London for 4 years and graduated with Illustration degree. Artsyeunie is my research blog. My personal works are posted on: http://tomatoxorange.blogspot.com/